Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
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A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a genre of computer role-playing games (CRPGs) in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world. The term MMORPG was coined by Richard Garriott, the creator of Ultima Online, the game credited with popularizing the genre in 1997.[1][2]
As in all RPGs, players assume the role of a fictional character (often in a fantasy world),[3] and take control over many of that character's actions.[4] MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player CRPGs by the number of players, and by the game's persistent world, usually hosted by the game's publisher, which continues to exist and evolve while the player is away from the game.
MMORPGs are very popular throughout the world.[5] Worldwide revenues for MMORPGs exceeded half a billion dollars in 2005,[6] and Western revenues exceeded US$1 billion in 2006. In 2007 and 2008 the virtual goods buying and trading has taken an amazing increase. Next to the more traditional subscription model, virtual goods are a second source of revenues for publishers. [7] [8]
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[edit] References
- ↑ Game Entertainment Europe
- ↑ IGN: Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn Preview
- ↑ Tobold (16 July 2003). "What IS an MMORPG actually?". Tobold's MMORPG Blog. http://mmorgzone.forumotion.com/index.htm. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
- ↑ Anissimov, Michael (2007). "What is an MMORPG?" (in English). wiseGEEK. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-mmorpg.htm. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
- ↑ Chart of Subscriber Growth, http://www.mmogchart.com
- ↑ Parks Associates (2005). "Online Gaming Revenues to Triple by 2009". http://www.parksassociates.com/press/press_releases/2005/gaming-1.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
- ↑ MMOhub.org
- ↑ Harding-Rolls, Piers (PDF). Western World MMOG Market: 2006 Review and Forecasts to 2011. London, UK: Screen Digest. http://www.screendigest.com/reports/07westworldmmog/NSMH-6ZFF9N/sample.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
[edit] External links
- The Daedalus Project – Nick Yee's ongoing survey study of MMORPG players. Demographics, narratives and essay writing.
- Sleepless in the World of Warcraft – A wiki provided by Cornell University undergraduates researching social interaction via MMORPGs.
- Massively multiplayer online role-playing game at the Open Directory Project
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